15 November, 2010

Mercury And Me

I love when stuff I order arrives long before the estimated delivery date. According to Amazon, I was supposed to get Mercury And Me by Jim Hutton somewhere between December 6th and December 17th. So you can imagine my joy that it arrived today :-)

Obviously, I haven't read it yet, but there are three sets of photos. Even if some of them can also be found in Phoebe's book, but that isn't the point.

After Jim Hutton died, I had my reservations about ordering it. I think at one point, a used copy cost $60something plus shipping. So I waited until recently when it would be less than $30.

I love Queen and Freddie a lot, but as a man who doesn't make a whole lot of money (but is shockingly careful with what he has) it isn't often that I'll spend a huge amount on a used item.

2 comments:

Jim and I were very close friends for the best part of 20 years. I still haven't had the heart to go back home and visit. The pain is still to raw, I'm not 100% sure I'd be able to cope dealing with the reality of it all - even all these months later.Anyway, I'm rambling. Enjoy the book. He was very proud of it. - PaddyPS: One little note: Mercury & Me was published a number of years prior to Phoebes tome, so any photographs that reappear there were after they first appeared in Jims book from his private collection. I have a different shot from the cover photo that Jim gave to me in a frame in my bedroom.

Me and Brian May. 10/21/13

What The Hell Is Up With That Guy?

I've been a Queen fan most of my life (since 1992). After years of boring my friends to tears with my knowledge, thoughts, obsessions, and ever-expanding collection, I decided that a blog would be a more interesting place to concentrate all of that, and so I launched this on May 16, 2010.

If you want to get in touch with me, you can email me: thatguythatreallylikesqueen at gmail dot com. You can also find me on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Although I'm mainly on Instagram so I can follow Brian May and Adam Lambert.

And the content warning is a cover-my-ass move for people who maybe don't want to read the odd fuckload of swearing that I do sometimes. But beyond that, I would say this is safe to read at work or in public. But you do you and view at your discretion.